Give A Friend A Gift (Don’t Let Go)
July 23, 2008 at 4:48 am | By Rahawa Haile
Morrisey - Hold On To Your Friends
I live in my head. I send myself flowers on special occasions. I slaughter cows in India. I buy $300 worth of champagne flutes not for company, but in order to avoid running the dishwasher for a week. I keep to myself.
Even in my head.
I haven’t always lived there, but something has been missing from my life for the past year, and introspection, imagination, and other ‘i’ words seemed to make more sense than attempting to meet new people.
Which brings me to Marcy, the remarkably wise woman who runs Lost In Your Inbox. When I read what she had to say about friendship it forced me to reflect upon what I considered essential to my stability and wellbeing.
“When I think about it, I realize that the relationships I enjoy the most or the times in my life I remember most fondly are the ones in which I could really be myself. The people with whom I am free to be all aspects of me, no matter how wacky or sad or stupid or sarcastic. I think that’s part of what I long for when I feel like something is missing from my life, those places and people with whom I can let it all hang out.”
This is not to say I haven’t good friends in this town. I do. But those who’ve stood the test of time across thousands of miles? Well, I want those around as well.
I need at least one.
Which is why, now that I’m moving to New York with two of my closest comrades, I feel lighter than I have in months, years even.
I feel happy.
I’m a firm believer in the notion that friends are the family you choose. Speaking of which, the picture above is of our new home. Thank you, Google Maps.
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